Launched Q&A site for skeptics, rationalists, free thinkers, or anyone who questions woo and pseudoscience. Skeptics is aimed at *applied* skepticism -- researching specific areas of woo or pseudoscience. It is not for philosophical discussions about skepticism.

At the end of beta, this site had...

5.7

questionsper day

Okay –
10 questions per day on average is a healthy beta, 5 questions or fewer per day needs some work.
A healthy site generates lots of good content to make sure users keep coming back.

90%

answered

Okay –
90% answered is a healthy beta, 80% answered needs some work.
In the beta it's especially important that when new visitors ask questions they usually get a good answer.

464

avid users

5,698

total users

Excellent –
Every site needs a solid group of core users to assist in moderating the site. We recommend:

150 users with 200+ rep
(currently 464 users with 200+ rep)

10 users with 2,000+ rep
(currently 40 users with 2,000+ rep)

5 users with 3,000+ rep
(currently 27 users with 3,000+ rep)

1.7

answer ratio

Okay –
2.5 answers per question is good, only 1 answer per question needs some work.
On a healthy site, questions receive multiple answers and the best answer is voted to the top.

3,786

visits/day

Excellent –
1,500 visits per day is good, 500 visits per day needs some work.
A great site benefits people outside the community. Eventually, 90% of a site's traffic should come from search engines.